diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java
index c17b51753..4c3580024 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: Client.java,v 1.38 2003/05/20 19:07:52 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: Client.java,v 1.39 2003/07/17 21:39:15 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.presents.client;
 
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import com.samskivert.util.ResultListener;
 import com.threerings.presents.Log;
 import com.threerings.presents.data.ClientObject;
 import com.threerings.presents.dobj.DObjectManager;
+import com.threerings.presents.net.AuthResponseData;
 import com.threerings.presents.net.BootstrapData;
 import com.threerings.presents.net.Credentials;
 import com.threerings.presents.net.PingRequest;
@@ -170,6 +171,17 @@ public class Client
         _version = version;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the data associated with our authentication response. Users
+     * of the Presents system may wish to communicate authentication
+     * related information to their client by extending and augmenting
+     * {@link AuthResponseData}.
+     */
+    public AuthResponseData getAuthResponseData ()
+    {
+        return _authData;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the distributed object manager associated with this
      * session. This reference is only valid for the duration of the
@@ -589,6 +601,9 @@ public class Client
      * client thread (which is also the AWT thread). */
     protected Invoker _invoker;
 
+    /** The data associated with our authentication response. */
+    protected AuthResponseData _authData;
+
     /** Our client distribted object id. */
     protected int _cloid = -1;
 
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Communicator.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Communicator.java
index 5b0234dd1..828c85ed4 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Communicator.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Communicator.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: Communicator.java,v 1.31 2003/06/05 00:33:43 ray Exp $
+// $Id: Communicator.java,v 1.32 2003/07/17 21:39:15 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.presents.client;
 
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ public class Communicator
         _writer = new Writer();
         _writer.start();
 
+        // fill the auth data into the client's local field so that it can
+        // be requested by external entities
+        _client._authData = data;
+
         // wait for the bootstrap notification before we claim that we're
         // actually logged on
     }